Monday 26 December 2011

Eye Floating In A Gas Mask

All my previous digital colour pictures have been created by tinting black and white artwork (pencil or pen & ink), sometimes adding digital 'paint' over the top to augment the picture. This is my first picture that is 'painted' digitally from scratch. There is still a pen & ink drawing underneath but except for a few stray pixels around the edges (and the signature) it is completely obscured by the colour on top.

The gas mask in the image is inspired by an exhibit of a WWII era gas mask in the Winston Churchill's Britain At War Experience (Tooley St. London). The single floating eye is well.. a motif I use often.

7 comments:

  1. looking good! Watching those Bobby Chiu videos paid off ;-)

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  2. Thanks guys! Yes Olivier, the Bobby Chui videos are very informative ;)

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  3. did you actually watch them! ;-) nah you said you hated his voice ;-)

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  4. Haha! I got over 'voice' during the 2nd part. I've only watched upto part 5. Will get around to watching the final 4 parts but learnt enough to be getting on with ;)

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  5. Cool Beans!
    Love this image and the mad world which it inhabits. Nice work on the forms and the lighting on that yellow tank is very effective.

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    1. Thanks for your comments Mysterious Mr Gurch.

      You need to populate your blog so I can return the favor :)

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